Semaphore Flag Signaling System
- Semaphore Flag Signaling System
In computer networking, Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS) is a humorous proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by semaphores. Semaphore Flag Signaling System was initially described in RFC 4824 [J. Hofmueller, J. et al, ed. [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4824 RFC 4824 The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS)] , 2007-04-01, retrieved 2007-12-23] , an April 1 RFC issued by the Internet Engineering Task Force edited by J. Hofmueller, et al and released on April Fool's Day 2007. It is one of several April 1 RFCs.
See also
*Clacks, a system in a fictional world which uses another kind of semaphore to emulate the Internet
*IP over Avian Carriers, a similar humorous proposal
*Semaphore, for other kinds of semaphores
*Victorian Internet, for the serious relation between semaphore and the internet
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